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Special Reserve
Hip-Hop · 2009 · 11 tracks · 35m

Special Reserve

Gritty, unpolished Detroit hip-hop recorded before the Shady Records fame. Dusty loops and raw storytelling from a rapper with everything to prove.

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This is the raw, basement-tape Obie Trice before the Shady Records fame hit.

A relentless and hungry display of street-level grit and unpolished ambition.

Special Reserve · vs · Obie Trice
Sampler+3.3σ

The instrumentation foregrounds sampler far more than the catalogue usually does.

Tracklist · 11 Tracks · 35m
01
Welcome
1:31
02
Got Hungry
3:47
03
You've Been Slain
2:02
04
On and On
3:32
05
I Am
3:23
06
4 Stories
2:10
07
Roughnecks
4:31
08
Cool Cats
3:27
09
What You Want
3:34
10
Jack My Dick
3:23
11
Dope, Jobs, Homeless
4:17
Moments Worth Waiting For
the relentless vocal urgency on 'Got Hungry' where the hunger in his voice matches the title literally
the cinematic storytelling on '4 Stories' where the beat stays minimal to let the narrative tension breathe
the aggressive scratch-heavy transition on 'I Am' that feels like a 1990s underground battle tape
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